When comparing MineCraft vs Nidhogg, the Slant community recommends MineCraft for most people. In the question“What are the best split-screen local multiplayer games for PS4?”MineCraft is ranked 8th while Nidhogg is ranked 28th. The most important reason people chose MineCraft is:

It allows you to draw up ideas for buildings and structures before letting you create them.

Pros

Pro

Great creativity tool

It allows you to draw up ideas for buildings and structures before letting you create them.

Pro

Amazing extended community

The community surrounding this game is huge due to its popularity. There are lots of servers and projects revolving around it that allow for so many different choices in how one wants to play and who they want to play with. From crafting guides/videos, themed servers and YouTube play sessions, there is enough out there to help one find what they are looking for.

Pro

Easy to set up multiplayer

Both the dedicated server and "Open to LAN" options allow fairly easy setup for multiplayer.

Pro

Enthralling, unpredictable gameplay

Exploring and fighting expands on what is a randomly generated world, never knowing what's going to happen next or what the player will find. There are no set goals and no end to reach: it is all a sandbox experience that the player formulates as they go along, making it all the more thrilling.

Pro

Defined by originality

There are not many games that have become so iconic due to their original characteristics.

Pro

Multitude of mini-games makes for flexibility

Due to its vast community, Minecraft has a wide variety of mini-games available for download, which can tailor to different sizes of groups.

Pro

Despite simple graphics, there is quite a lot of depth to the gameplay

The gameplay consists of the player sword fighting an opponent in order to make it to the opposite side of the stage. Depth comes into play in that every move can be countered and so can evolve into a painstaking dual that can last quite a long time with players countering each other in a game of wits and will. There are also stances for each player where the sword can be held high or , which creates that many more moves that need to be predicted from their opponent.

Pro

Surreal atmosphere that adds to the charm of the game

Even though the graphics are pretty basic each environment is different from the last which makes for a surreal experience due to how much the environments differ as well as how they are illustrated. In one moment you may be fighting in a cave the next you may be fighting by a giant colorful waterfall. All this and the end stage features a giant worm that eats the winner.

Cons

Con

Lack of meaningful story mode

There is no story mode in Minecraft: there is only a create mode or a survival mode. Neither, however, supply any kind of story or background as regard what is going on in the game.

Con

Still involves killing other things

In order to progress through the game and craft items, players will need to kill other things such as skeletons, zombies and monsters which may not be seen as child-friendly or can result in frightening situations.

Con

Steep and time-consuming learning curve

Learning what items are needed to craft takes quite a bit of knowledge and time. There are guides and videos online that can help with this, but not much in-game that helps the player know exactly how and what to craft.

Con

Learning gameplay is difficult

There is no tutorial in the game which makes learning all the ins and outs of Nidhogg difficult.